#61: "7th Street Sicilian" Po' Boy at Blues City Deli

​One o'clock on a Friday afternoon and the line at Blues City Deli stretches out the door onto the sidewalk. There are cops and office workers, dudes with blond dreadlocks and intricate tribal tattoos -- and hey! there's Mike Sweeney of STL Hops.

Everyone, it seems, loves Blues City Deli. I'm no exception.

My pick is the #2, the "7th Street Sicilian" Po' Boy: a thick stack of Genoa salami, pepperoni and capicola topped with a slice of Provel cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle (if you swing that way; I don't and begged that it be omitted) and pepperoncini, dressed with vinegar and oil and served on a seeded baguette. Of course, you can hardly go wrong with that combo of cold cuts, but the baguette is this sandwich's secret weapon: crusty, chewy, with actual flavor.

And, yeah, the cheese is Provel, making its first and almost certainly only appearance on this list. That, my friends, is the power of Blues City Deli.

I'm counting down -- in no particular order -- 100 of my favorite
dishes in St. Louis. Some are well-known, others obscure. Some are
expensive, others dirt cheap. All of them, I guarantee, are delicious.
Please do not hesitate to share your own favorites via the comments
thread.